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Emily Shiner

Autor(a) de The Wife in the Photo

22 Works 90 Membros 9 Críticas

Obras por Emily Shiner

The Wife in the Photo (2023) 10 exemplares
The Secret Wife (2021) 9 exemplares
Her Perfect Life (2022) 7 exemplares
I'm Following You (2022) 7 exemplares
The Caretaker (2022) 7 exemplares
The Stolen Child (2022) 6 exemplares
The Hotel (2023) 5 exemplares
You Can't Hide (2023) 5 exemplares
The Bad Nanny (2021) 5 exemplares
The Silent Prodigy (2021) 3 exemplares
The Promise (2022) 3 exemplares
The Better Mother (2023) 3 exemplares
Not Her Baby (2022) 2 exemplares

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OMG! This book is fantastic! The Waitress is one of the best, if not the best, psychological thriller I have ever read. With a twisty ending, I was totally surprised when the reveal was made on the last page.

As I was reading, I wondered why the book title was about Anne Marie. After all, most of the story was about her son's bad choices. However, Anne Marie was spending all her time trying to fix the problems that Dave brought to her. There were so many and, one by one, she addressed them wholeheartedly. She was trying to prevent her son from becoming like his evil father.

While there were several hit and run car accidents that Dave was involved with, what forced Dave into good behavior was the blackmailed threats left in their doorstep. These threats are what Anne Marie feels she must address in order to protect him. In this sense, the blackmail was more important to the plot than the accidents. As the story advanced it was apparent that Anne Marie was just as messed up as Dave. She believed that his behavior was inherited from his father. Anne Marie had issues of her own that Dave most likely picked up from being raised by her.

The writing was suspenseful and I was blown away by the ending. It was a shocker that I did not see coming. In fact, I reread the last 3 pages three times in order to confirm what I thought that I had read because it was so unexpected.

This is a must read.
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Violette62 | Jan 16, 2024 |
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the complimentary digital ARC of this book. Unfortunately it's not one I would recommend. An over-the-top thriller can be fun, but this one veered into ridiculous territory. Motivations weren't explained or didn't make sense. Characters were flat. I had most of the twists figured out very early on. Intriguing premise, but the execution was lacking.
 
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bookofsecrets | 2 outras críticas | Jan 13, 2024 |
3.5 stars

Well, that did NOT end how I thought it would! Book Clubs will have a lot to discuss with this book! There were some obvious plot holes, but if you can overlook those and go along with the story, it's a great read!
 
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filemanager | Nov 29, 2023 |
the wife in the photo by emily shiner

A wild one

Emily Shiner check
Diary in story check
story told in different perspectives check

I adore stories with diaries in them so when it was on kindle unlimited I grabbed it and settled in for a story.

I can't share much but I will say Lola dies and is it by choice, accident or murder?

After her death her husband Evan hires Ariel to help out with housekeeping and keeping an eye on 14 year old Jessica.

As I mentioned there is a diary in the book.

Wow oh my what a story it was.

I suspended belief and just flipped the kindle pages quickly.

Read it in one sitting.

I just had to know what happened to Lola, had to know more about the family too.

Now for me there were some big shocks but that's good, it's part of what kept me reading.

I still can't understand why 2 people acted the way they did. No more on this cause I dont want to inadvertently spoil anything just scratching my head going why would they be like that?

I loved the book, it was not perfect but the author knows how to write a story and hold ones attention.

So that said, I would recommend the book, a fast paced who done it book, or was it a who done it? More like what happened to Lola not the what but the how of it.

so 4 stars from me.

highly recommened.
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booksnmusic | 2 outras críticas | Oct 17, 2023 |

Estatísticas

Obras
22
Membros
90
Popularidade
#205,795
Avaliação
4.1
Críticas
9
ISBN
14

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